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The Moon on Sunday, August 26, 1951: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

23.6days

Moon phase on August 26, 1951Waning Crescent

Sunday 26 August 1951404,723 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, August 26, 1951, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 23.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.6 dMoon age
404,723 km251,483 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to August 26, 1951 is on Friday, August 17, 1951 at 02:59 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 1, 1951 at 12:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, August 24, 195110:20
New Moon (after)Saturday, September 1, 195112:50

The Moon around August 26

More about this date

Sunday, August 26, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of August 2, 1951 to the new moon of September 1, 1951, a cycle of 29.59 days.